Lightly raced Ajax Stakes winner Messene has retained their spot at the top of the 2014 Doncaster Mile odds for Saturday following yesterday’s release of the final field and barrier draw for the weekend’s $3 million feature.

The 2014 Doncaster Mile barrier draw is set has had an impact on the betting markets for the Group 1 event; with a number of the leading contenders drawing wide gates for the $3.5 million race that will be run at Royal Randwick this weekend.

Messene is set to start the 2014 Doncaster Mile as favourite, but will need some ...

Weary is one of six chances for Chris Waller in the 2014 Doncaster Mile field and will be ridden by last year's winning jockey Tommy Berry. Photo: Steve Hart.

Sydney’s triple premiership winning trainer Chris Waller dominates the final acceptances for the 2014 Doncaster Mile field this weekend having paid up for six gallopers from his stables in the weekend’s ...

Trainer Gregory Hickman says he has four-year-old Taxmeifyoucan as good as he can for their shot at a Doncaster Mile 2014 ballot exemption with a win in Saturday’s $175,000 Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1550m) at Randwick’s Kensington track.

Tony Vasil’s progressive colt Prince Harada may have finished out of the money in their two Group 1 assignments this campaign gone but they will be given another chance in the autumn targeting the Australian Guineas 2014.

Prince Harada could be Doncater Mile bound after a 2014 Australian Guineas campaign in Melbourne. Photo: Race Horse Photos Australia.